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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 08:33 AM Original message |
Want Passionate Kids? Leave 'em Alone |
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Happyhippychick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. Passion must be intrinsic, it cannot come from outside pressure. Agree. |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
2. This, of course, ignores the lack of exlporation |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. It doesn't account for people like children of alcoholics |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. i so agree, without having realized it. all the years i was a bad parent cause i didn't force kids |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
4. My mom ruined so many things for me when I was a kid |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I feel your pain. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 09:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I hear ya... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. Re-read The Prophet on this; your children do not belong to you. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Please underline "... He BENDS you..." |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. I love music and play about a half-dozen instruments.. |
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moc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. I'm LOL'ing at the clarinet reference. My 13yo daughter plays clarinet, as did I as a child. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. the good, the bad and the ugly. it is just hard finding that perfect right in parenting, lol |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Same goes for teachers...the trying to find balance, I mean |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. exactly. so right on pipi. me, it was pretty easy for me growing up. |
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ctaylors6 (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. I let my kids pick their activities (with 2 exceptions) but make sure they carry out commitments |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. Our experience... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. It's odd because my nieces' every waking moment is structured for them |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. It's an easy habit to fall into because society tells parents |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. American parents and kids seem to operate under more and more stress |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. orchestra's will turn into drumlines then....with that attitude.... |
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